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James Ellroy quotes: All I have is withering perception. Women write diaries in the hope that their words will beckon fate.

All I have is withering perception. Women write diaries in the hope that their words will beckon fate.

James Ellroy quotes: Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.

Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.

James Ellroy quotes: I indulge prayer when the world seems incomprehensible and only a plea to the incomprehensible makes sense.

I indulge prayer when the world seems incomprehensible and only a plea to the incomprehensible makes sense.

James Ellroy quotes: I am the son of a murdered woman - anybody who'd call my books misogynistic is, frankly, out of their fucking mind.

I am the son of a murdered woman - anybody who'd call my books misogynistic is, frankly, out of their fucking mind.

James Ellroy quotes: There's none with me, although you've seen me before - I'm outrageous.

There's none with me, although you've seen me before - I'm outrageous.

James Ellroy quotes: The overarching joy and lasting appeal of noir is that it makes doom fun.

The overarching joy and lasting appeal of noir is that it makes doom fun.

James Ellroy quotes: Bergen, and Oldfield. The

Bergen, and Oldfield. The

James Ellroy quotes: I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

James Ellroy quotes: And you love to read, you love to escape, right?

And you love to read, you love to escape, right?

James Ellroy quotes: Serial killers were hopped-up eyeball fuckers and ravaged inner children. They were scary in the moment and as dismissible as an empty box of popcorn.

Serial killers were hopped-up eyeball fuckers and ravaged inner children. They were scary in the moment and as dismissible as an empty box of popcorn.

James Ellroy quotes: All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to Jane DePugh.

All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to Jane DePugh.

James Ellroy quotes: So many wicked ways to scandal-skin a cat.

So many wicked ways to scandal-skin a cat.

James Ellroy quotes: Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively.

Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively.

James Ellroy quotes: She's good to common folk. They make her feel authentic. She covets their approval in small doses.

She's good to common folk. They make her feel authentic. She covets their approval in small doses.

James Ellroy quotes: I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals.

I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals.

James Ellroy quotes: I have a very intense marriage.

I have a very intense marriage.

James Ellroy quotes: I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

James Ellroy quotes: Call me Dudley. We're of equal rank. I'm older, but you're far better looking. I can tell we're going to be grand partners.

Call me Dudley. We're of equal rank. I'm older, but you're far better looking. I can tell we're going to be grand partners.

James Ellroy quotes: I had chewed a big steak two hours before, swallowing the juice and spitting out the meat, and I could smell animal blood in my sweat.

I had chewed a big steak two hours before, swallowing the juice and spitting out the meat, and I could smell animal blood in my sweat.

James Ellroy quotes: Breuning drove. Dudley sat up front Carlisle sat in back, with three sawed-off shotguns.

Breuning drove. Dudley sat up front Carlisle sat in back, with three sawed-off shotguns.

James Ellroy quotes: I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

James Ellroy quotes: There is no proportion. Pearl Harbor took care of that.

There is no proportion. Pearl Harbor took care of that.

James Ellroy quotes: I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

James Ellroy quotes: Cab drivers are night-riding denizens of the first order. They view wretched foibles from a gutter perspective.

Cab drivers are night-riding denizens of the first order. They view wretched foibles from a gutter perspective.

James Ellroy quotes: It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.

It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.

James Ellroy quotes: Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man.

Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man.

James Ellroy quotes: Don't be so goddamn proper. Don't be such a fucking saint.

Don't be so goddamn proper. Don't be such a fucking saint.

James Ellroy quotes: Some people don't respond to civility.

Some people don't respond to civility.

James Ellroy quotes: Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

James Ellroy quotes: To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.

To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.

James Ellroy quotes: I got an alibi, just in case you think I did it. Tighter than a crab's ass, and that is air tight.

I got an alibi, just in case you think I did it. Tighter than a crab's ass, and that is air tight.

James Ellroy quotes: I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

James Ellroy quotes: Don't make a career out of underestimating me." - Claire de Haven

Don't make a career out of underestimating me." - Claire de Haven

James Ellroy quotes: Envy thou not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways. - Proverbs 3:31

Envy thou not the oppressor, And choose none of his ways. - Proverbs 3:31

James Ellroy quotes: Yes, my friends - it's becoming Jewniversally apparent.

Yes, my friends - it's becoming Jewniversally apparent.

James Ellroy quotes: Closure is bullshit.

Closure is bullshit.

James Ellroy quotes: 1:52 a.m. His favorite nightcap - coffee and Benzedrine.

1:52 a.m. His favorite nightcap - coffee and Benzedrine.

James Ellroy quotes: I want to burn down the distance between us

I want to burn down the distance between us

James Ellroy quotes: May giant circus elephants shit on your lawn. May bug-eyed gargoyles eat your young.

May giant circus elephants shit on your lawn. May bug-eyed gargoyles eat your young.

James Ellroy quotes: I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

James Ellroy quotes: As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.

As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.

James Ellroy quotes: I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half.

I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half.

James Ellroy quotes: He felt sandbagged. Doomsday, Armageddon. Booze begets instant misconduct and regret. He walked to the couch and fell down.

He felt sandbagged. Doomsday, Armageddon. Booze begets instant misconduct and regret. He walked to the couch and fell down.

James Ellroy quotes: The driver drove by roadway Braille

The driver drove by roadway Braille

James Ellroy quotes: I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

James Ellroy quotes: "War gives men a plain-and-simple something to do ... Women write diaries in the hope that their words will beckon fate." It's a romantic manifesto.

"War gives men a plain-and-simple something to do ... Women write diaries in the hope that their words will beckon fate." It's a romantic manifesto.

James Ellroy quotes: It's all sex for me. Politics is sex. Race is sex. It's the novel. It's the novel!

It's all sex for me. Politics is sex. Race is sex. It's the novel. It's the novel!

James Ellroy quotes: As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

James Ellroy quotes: I got an emergency leave. I visited my dad on his deathbed. His last words to me: "Try to pick up every waitress who serves you.

I got an emergency leave. I visited my dad on his deathbed. His last words to me: "Try to pick up every waitress who serves you.

James Ellroy quotes: You get up in the morning because you might meet a woman. And if you stay at home by yourself, alone, you will not meet a woman.

You get up in the morning because you might meet a woman. And if you stay at home by yourself, alone, you will not meet a woman.

James Ellroy quotes: I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.

James Ellroy quotes: You can't make history all the time, Dougie.Sometimes the best you can do is make money.

You can't make history all the time, Dougie.
Sometimes the best you can do is make money.

James Ellroy quotes: Some Japs killed themselves. Who gives a shit? No tickee, no washee. Where's Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto? It's Sunday morning - this sure beats church.

Some Japs killed themselves. Who gives a shit? No tickee, no washee. Where's Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto? It's Sunday morning - this sure beats church.

James Ellroy quotes: Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it.

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it.

James Ellroy quotes: L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation.

L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation.

James Ellroy quotes: Sometimes I'll leave the house and go to a delicatessen down the street from me - it's been there a million years - just because I can look at people.

Sometimes I'll leave the house and go to a delicatessen down the street from me - it's been there a million years - just because I can look at people.

James Ellroy quotes: They were heedless of the fact that they'd gain more converts if they just stopped talking.

They were heedless of the fact that they'd gain more converts if they just stopped talking.

James Ellroy quotes: If it would've been me, I would've left Hutch out of it. 'Cause Hutch, he was mean.

If it would've been me, I would've left Hutch out of it. 'Cause Hutch, he was mean.

James Ellroy quotes: It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.

It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.

James Ellroy quotes: Cherchez la femme, Bucky. Remember that.

Cherchez la femme, Bucky. Remember that.

James Ellroy quotes: Blue eyes so light that it looked like she sent them out to be bleached

Blue eyes so light that it looked like she sent them out to be bleached

James Ellroy quotes: I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

James Ellroy quotes: Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.

Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.

James Ellroy quotes: Qualifications don't count. All Ike did was invade Europe and look like your uncle.

Qualifications don't count. All Ike did was invade Europe and look like your uncle.

James Ellroy quotes: You'd be better served taxing your conscience for those who deserve your regret.

You'd be better served taxing your conscience for those who deserve your regret.